Medical Problems of the Athlete

Family medicine encompasses a wide range of disease processes that can benefit from regular physical activity. In addition, the specialty serves a population that can span from elite athletes to a sedentary desk worker and from a geriatric speed walker to a peewee football player. As such it is impo...

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Published inFamily Medicine pp. 667 - 677
Main Authors Falk, Nathan, Silver, Sabrina, Mcleod, Geoff
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 2017
Subjects
Allergic Rhinitis
Endurance Athlete
Physical Activity
Regular Physical Activity
Sickle Cell Trait
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Summary:Family medicine encompasses a wide range of disease processes that can benefit from regular physical activity. In addition, the specialty serves a population that can span from elite athletes to a sedentary desk worker and from a geriatric speed walker to a peewee football player. As such it is important to understand how the diagnosis, management, and approach to these patients and their varying disease processes differ in the setting of exercise. This chapter examines in some detail medical conditions such as asthma, hypertension, diabetes, anemia, and various skin diseases in the setting of athletes, as well as the unique features of physical activity and the special populations of women, pediatrics, and geriatrics.
ISBN:9783319044132
3319044133
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-04414-9_58